Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
An amiable diversion, though not a terribly memorable one. Elmore Leonard aficionados longing for a truly worthy sendoff of the master crime writer will have to look ahead toward the upcoming final season of Justified, and cross their fingers.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
31 Aug 2014
rotten:
It doesn't quite transcend its own haphazard, impoverished story.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
29 Aug 2014
fresh:
Thanks to Leonard's source material and the outstanding cast, it works.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
29 Aug 2014
rotten:
All this is more amusing in theory than practice, partly because Leonard's world of wiseguys and slapstick violence has become so familiar - the caper-movie default mode.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
29 Aug 2014
rotten:
There's a lot of talent up on screen put to no grand use.